Rust Server
Online 162.43.21.201:28015 checked 9m ago
Measurements
Players
Every five minutes, from the Steam server list.
Hourly average and peak, UTC.
Daily average and peak, UTC.
Server performance
48 hours: hourly readings. 30 to 90 days: one point a day, with the day's average and lowest fps, most entities and most memory, measured since 19 Sep. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
Rank
Top 69% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
Its wipes keep no rhythm, so there is no next wipe to predict. Every server wipes at the monthly force wipe.
The first 48 hours of its last wipes
Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 0, 0 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 2 Oct, 14:19 UTC27d ago | 0 | – | running | 0 |
| Sun 20 Sep, 06:48 UTC39d ago | 1 | halved by day 1 | 12.3 days | 0 |
| Sat 19 Sep, 07:49 UTC40d ago | 1 | – | 1 days | 0 |
Peak: the most players in the first 48 hours. Crowd: whether every day of the wipe kept at least half that peak, or the day it fell below. A new world less than six hours after a wipe is a restart, not a wipe of its own.
Quick answers
Player counts
How does Rust Server rank against other Rust servers?
Over the past week it ranks #15,327 for player hours, which puts Rust Server in the top 69% of all ranked servers.
How busy is Rust Server?
Of its 10 slots, Rust Server is using 0 right now. We counted 0 players on average across the past week.
Lists and tags
What do the server tags on Rust Server mean?
The game's server browser reads the tags Rust Server publishes: gmrust (Game mode): The game mode is standard Rust survival; mp10 (Max players): 10 slots are available; ts8 (Group limit): 8 per team is the default limit; v2634 (Protocol): The protocol is 2634; a different version will not connect; cs167781 (Build): The game build is 167781; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, the game's standard; $r? (Region code): The region code is left blank. Player count now, queue length and the making of the world all sit in the tags as well, and the top of this page shows them.
Which Rust Population lists and filters include Rust Server?
Rust Server appears among the Rust Population lists that follow: Community servers, field-listed. Filter the server list by Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Group limit: 5 or more and it will show up.
Wipe schedule
What does wipe day look like on Rust Server?
The busiest point of its recent wipes averaged 1 players. The crowd on the latest wipe peaked 0 hours in. In 0% of recent wipes, half the peak was held until the next wipe. In those that did not hold, the fall below half came by day 1.
What is the wipe schedule on Rust Server?
No next wipe can be predicted for Rust Server, which wipes at irregular times. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC the monthly force wipe comes round, and every Rust server wipes with it. 27 days 3 hours ago the current world was made.
Settings
Which map does Rust Server run?
Rust Server uses a map the game generates, procedural, at size 3,500 with seed 595052069. The map follows from its size and seed, and RustMaps shows it from this page.
What are the rules and settings on Rust Server?
Nothing in Rust Server's name says how gather works. No limit is set beyond the standard 8 players per group. survival is what it runs, raid, build and gather: the standard game. Combat between players, raids included, is permitted. The server browser lists it under Community, as a community server. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, runs here.
About the server
Which version of Rust does Rust Server run?
The setup is Rust network protocol 2634 and build 167781 on Linux for Rust Server. Steam updates your game automatically, but you need the same protocol to join.
Does Rust Server run smoothly?
It ran at 129 server fps on average over the last 48 hours, and never went below 74. Entities peaked at 69,667, including buildings, deployables and everything else. Up to 3,501 MB of memory was used. Players feel lag when fps is low and the entity count climbs.
Is Rust Server online, and how reliable is it?
Rust Server is up and running at the moment. The uptime it reports suggests a restart roughly 11 days 18 hours ago. It was up 99% of the time over the last 7 full days, 167 out of 168 hours. It was first seen by Rust Population on 19 September 2026.
Where is Rust Server located?
No region is published by Rust Server. Rust Population does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where the server says it is. Connect at 162.43.21.201:28015.
Getting in
How do I join Rust Server?
Open the console with F1 in Rust and enter client.connect 162.43.21.201:28015. Joining from this page with Launch Rust works too, opening Rust through Steam and connecting you.